Oued Miliane

The Meliane River (وادي مليان), also known as Oued Miliane is a wadi that flows into the Gulf of Tunis located in the North Eastern coast of Tunisia.

[1][2] The River starts near Djebel Bargou(جبل برقو) mountains and drains a watershed of about 2000 km².

It takes its source in the mountains of Jebel Bargou, peaking at 1280 meters, and flows into the Gulf of Tunis between the towns of Radès and Ezzahra .

It is characterized by high load alluvial estimated at 25 grams per liter, which corresponds to 1.5 million tonnes of sediments carried each year.

This helped to fertilize the plain of Mornag (a rich agricultural region south of Tunis dedicated to market gardening and viticulture), but also to participate in the closing of the Tunis Lake and the birth of a cord of dunes on coastline between Rades and Hammam Lif.